contacting the prime minister
truthseeker1313 @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:10 pm
Hello to everyone on this site I would like to ask a question the following is the contact information for our Prime Minister
Address 80 Wellington Street
Ottawa , Ontario K1A 0A2 no stamp needed if mailed within Canada
E-Mail [email protected]
Fax# 613-941-6900
Phone # 613-992-4211
The government only wants to hear from us every four years and then after they get elected they push their own agenda. I for one as a Canadian know it is our rite to make our voices heard all the time , once a week if possible it takes just a few seconds yet so many of us are scared to speak up.We have to make sure they hear us loud and clear, Recently the Prime Minister had my You tube shut down by the Mounties for publishing this information which I might add is public information.Just shows that they hate when citizens voice opinions.
For those of you who find this hard to believe go on you tube look up Trudeau's cross country town hall meetings and then copy this contact information in a few reply boxe of a couple of these meetings and see what happens.
If you are not scared to be heard get in contact to voice your opinion and pass this info on to all friends as well.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:32 pm
US elections are every four years. I don't believe the Canadians have such a constraint or mandate (depending on how you choose to view it).
truthseeker1313 @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:46 pm
Every four years here unless a nonconfidence vote is taken and the Government is defeated.
truthseeker1313 @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:49 pm
in order for that vote like this to happen it would have to be a minority government .
Winnipegger @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:24 pm
Constitution of Canada says a term of office is 5 years. To be technical, the maximum time from election results given to the Governor General to the writ dropped for the next election is 5 years. "The writ" is the document the GG signs to dissolve Parliament and start the "writ period", which is the election campaign period.
When Canada was founded in 1867, there was no internet, computers were not invented yet, telephone wasn't invented, there were telegraphs but the system was not extensive. Automobile was not invented yet, there were hand-made prototypes called a "perambulator", but they were one-off, unreliable, and expensive. Trains were steam, and the trans-continental railway hadn't been built yet. So election results had to be added up by hand, paper documents hand-delivered by courier on horse-back. So there was a significant difference between election day and results given to the GG. Today with all our technology, election results are given to the GG the evening of election day. So that means the maximum time from election day to election day is 5 years plus the writ period.
It has never gone that long. The Prime Minister has the right to ask the GG to call an election early. It has always been called early, never gone the maximum term. But terms have often gone more than 4 years.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives passed a "fixed election dates" law. It sets the election term to 4 years, with elections held in October. But as we found in 2008, it doesn't set fixed election days anyway. Stephen Harper himself called the election early that year. I want the current Trudeau government to repeal the "fixed election dates" law, let the Constitution of Canada hold sway. But if they don't, it means the next election will be October 21, 2019.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 5:46 pm
+5 for your knowledge of Parliamentary topics! ![[B-o]](./images/smilies/drinkup.gif "Drink up")
xerxes @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:03 pm
Some provinces have fixed election dates too. BC for example, has it every four years the week before the Victoria Day long weekend.
truthseeker1313 @ Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:14 pm
please read bill c16 every 4 years it was amended a number of years ago.
DrCaleb @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 7:14 am
truthseeker1313 truthseeker1313:
please read bill c16 every 4 years it was amended a number of years ago.
$1:
56.1 (1) Nothing in this section affects the powers of the Governor General, including the power to dissolve Parliament at the Governor General’s discretion.
http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/39 ... nt/page-24
It is not binding, because it does not change the Constitution. The PM does not have to dissolve Parliament and call an election if they do not want to.
CharlesAnthony @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:11 am
truthseeker1313 truthseeker1313:
Recently the Prime Minister had my ...
... just take that as a hint.
Here is a freebie: The prime minister does nothing.
Zipperfish @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:31 am
Winnipegger Winnipegger:
Constitution of Canada says a term of office is 5 years. To be technical, the maximum time from election results given to the Governor General to the writ dropped for the next election is 5 years. "The writ" is the document the GG signs to dissolve Parliament and start the "writ period", which is the election campaign period.
When Canada was founded in 1867, there was no internet, computers were not invented yet, telephone wasn't invented, there were telegraphs but the system was not extensive. Automobile was not invented yet, there were hand-made prototypes called a "perambulator", but they were one-off, unreliable, and expensive. Trains were steam, and the trans-continental railway hadn't been built yet. So election results had to be added up by hand, paper documents hand-delivered by courier on horse-back. So there was a significant difference between election day and results given to the GG. Today with all our technology, election results are given to the GG the evening of election day. So that means the maximum time from election day to election day is 5 years plus the writ period.
It has never gone that long. The Prime Minister has the right to ask the GG to call an election early. It has always been called early, never gone the maximum term. But terms have often gone more than 4 years.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives passed a "fixed election dates" law. It sets the election term to 4 years, with elections held in October. But as we found in 2008, it doesn't set fixed election days anyway. Stephen Harper himself called the election early that year. I want the current Trudeau government to repeal the "fixed election dates" law, let the Constitution of Canada hold sway. But if they don't, it means the next election will be October 21, 2019.
When Canada was founded in 1867, there was no internet, computers were not invented yet, telephone wasn't invented, there were telegraphs but the system was not extensive. Automobile was not invented yet, there were hand-made prototypes called a "perambulator", but they were one-off, unreliable, and expensive. Trains were steam, and the trans-continental railway hadn't been built yet. So election results had to be added up by hand, paper documents hand-delivered by courier on horse-back. So there was a significant difference between election day and results given to the GG. Today with all our technology, election results are given to the GG the evening of election day. So that means the maximum time from election day to election day is 5 years plus the writ period.
It has never gone that long. The Prime Minister has the right to ask the GG to call an election early. It has always been called early, never gone the maximum term. But terms have often gone more than 4 years.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives passed a "fixed election dates" law. It sets the election term to 4 years, with elections held in October. But as we found in 2008, it doesn't set fixed election days anyway. Stephen Harper himself called the election early that year. I want the current Trudeau government to repeal the "fixed election dates" law, let the Constitution of Canada hold sway. But if they don't, it means the next election will be October 21, 2019.
This was changed in 2007.
$1:
Since May 2007, the Canada Elections Act provides for a general election to be held on a fixed date: the third Monday of October in the fourth calendar year following the previous general election. As the last election took place on October 19, 2015, the next fixed election date is October 21, 2019.
That said, the Canada Elections Act does not prevent a general election from being called at another date.
General elections are called when, on the advice of the Prime Minister, the Governor General dissolves Parliament. The Governor in Council (the Governor General, acting on the advice of Cabinet) sets the date of the election.
The Canada Elections Act (section 57) specifies that the election period must last a minimum of 36 days; it does not specify a maximum.
That said, the Canada Elections Act does not prevent a general election from being called at another date.
General elections are called when, on the advice of the Prime Minister, the Governor General dissolves Parliament. The Governor in Council (the Governor General, acting on the advice of Cabinet) sets the date of the election.
The Canada Elections Act (section 57) specifies that the election period must last a minimum of 36 days; it does not specify a maximum.
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truthseeker1313 @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:43 am
I am sorry you all throw up the governor general as if they ever do anything at all , they are all so empowered to get rid of the prime minister , this is only a figure head and those powers are never used at all so please stay in the world of today 4 years between elections. 4
CDN_PATRIOT @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:51 am
Winnipegger Winnipegger:
Stephen Harper's Conservatives passed a "fixed election dates" law. It sets the election term to 4 years, with elections held in October. But as we found in 2008, it doesn't set fixed election days anyway. Stephen Harper himself called the election early that year. I want the current Trudeau government to repeal the "fixed election dates" law, let the Constitution of Canada hold sway. But if they don't, it means the next election will be October 21, 2019.
There is nothing wrong with the fixed election date, and no reason to cancel it. The law was drafted to make the system more fair for everyone, including the electorate. I am not saying this out of political bias either. I had always liked the idea of knowing when an election will take place (providing there is no non-confidence due to minority government).
Back when said law passed, I had just turned Conservative in the year prior, and a few Liberal-minded friends I had at the time even applauded the law, as most of us worked on campaigns for candidates and liked the fact we could plan everything around the fixed date.
It was a win-win for Canadians.
-J.
CDN_PATRIOT @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:52 am
truthseeker1313 truthseeker1313:
I am sorry you all throw up the governor general as if they ever do anything at all , they are all so empowered to get rid of the prime minister , this is only a figure head and those powers are never used at all so please stay in the world of today 4 years between elections. 4
You join the forum to talk politics, then slam everyone in the thread? You a sociopath or something? Perhaps have an axe to grind?
Chill out, dude.
-J.
DrCaleb @ Fri Jan 26, 2018 10:54 am
truthseeker1313 truthseeker1313:
I am sorry you all throw up the governor general as if they ever do anything at all , they are all so empowered to get rid of the prime minister , this is only a figure head and those powers are never used at all so please stay in the world of today 4 years between elections. 4
The Constitution is the ultimate authority in Canadian law, and it says 5. Five. Cinq.